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WWW.EGEC.ORG. Bringing you the skills you need to succeed!. The English Cross-Cultural Communication Program. Why is your cross-cultural IQ important?. Increased dialogue between China and US International business & trade Ability to interact with internationals Movies Music Sports

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  1. WWW.EGEC.ORG

  2. Bringing you the skills you need to succeed! The English Cross-Cultural Communication Program

  3. Why is your cross-cultural IQ important? • Increased dialogue between China and US • International business & trade • Ability to interact with internationals • Movies • Music • Sports • Current events

  4. Tell everything you know about this person and Christmas traditions. Religious Traditions. Names How the story began. Where it’s celebrated.

  5. Tell your partner all the facts you know about this guy. Height? Regionfrom? Age? Gender? Commercials products endorsed? Team?

  6. Tell as many facts as you can about this person. Countryhe is from Famous movies made? Married to…? Recent event? Past profession? Which degree he holds.

  7. Who is this and what movie is this from? Is he a machine or human? Describe your favorite scene. Which is better, machine or man? What do you think of test-tube babies? What is the difference between a human and a machine?

  8. How can this program help you to be successful?

  9. Program Objectives: • Pronunciation Practice • Interviewing Skills • Discussion Skills • Presentation Skills • Cross-Cultural Research

  10. With… Pronunciation for Success • Easy strategies • Native speakers • Daily practice in class • Daily practice with TAs • Daily practice with CDs • Videos with many helpful strategies and demonstrations

  11. With Pronunciation for Success • In just one month learn… • Strategies for correct pronunciation • Word stress & sentence stress • How to create emphasis • The four levels of pitch & how to use it • Thoughts groups • Intonation

  12. Word Stress: • How do you say the following words? • computer computation • mechanic mechanism • technical technology • analysis analyze • produce to produce • record to record • permit to permit

  13. How would you read the following sentences? • I can be what I want to be! • * I can be what I wanna be! • I can do what I want to do! • * I can do what I wanna do! • I can say what I want to say! • *I can say what I wanna say!

  14. Practice with difficult sounds: • Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore. • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • Rubber baby buggy bumpers. • Velma wears very violet velvet vests. • The next man in line is the last one of nine.

  15. Analyze this commercial : • Type of artifact? • What is the purpose? • Who is the intended audience? • What is the position of the company? • Type of language? (formal, informal)

  16. Develop your English and… • Critical Thinking Skills/Cultural Awareness • Analyze a variety of articles, photos, and other cultural artifacts (Ex1Ex2) to see what they say about culture • Present similarities and differences between Chinese and American culture in small groups • Interview others for a variety of perspectives • Examine assumptions about culture

  17. Real Conversations through… • Interactions with American teachers • Paired speaking exercises • Small group discussions • Classroom discussions • Pronunciation lab activities • Internet research & chat • Video taped presentations

  18. Interactive Internet Research Independent Internet Research Communicate with Americans Collaborate with peers.

  19. Get a Variety of Perspectives • Collect a variety of data from: • Interviewing Native Speakers • Popular news sources such as: • CNN • BBC • FOX • Newsweek • Various international newspapers

  20. Transcript of News “An arrest related to the Michael Jackson case… Good evening everyone, I’m Donna Fiducia and the deepening of the Michael Jackson case produced another arrest. It’s no one connected with the performer but a man who reportedly claimed to be a reporter boarded Jackson’s charter jet with a video camera on the way to Jackson’s surrender last week. The arrest follows revelations that Jackson and his attorney were secretly videotaped aboard that plane.”

  21. In your group discuss… • If this video was released to the public, and it proved he was guilty, should it be allowed to be used as evidence in judgment against him?

  22. By taking this course you will improve your interactive English communication skills and cultural awareness.

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